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Princess Margaret: recently unearthed letter sheds new light on decision not to marry

It was a famously doomed love story of a tragic princess who was forced to give up the love of her life in the name of duty. Roya Nikkhah, Arts Correspondent A newly discovered letter fromPrincess Princess reveals she was...

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Hoaxer impersonating Brazilian president interviewed on radio

The real Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was not interviewed by the radio stations A hoaxer pretending to be Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was interviewed by Portuguese-language radio stations before being found out....

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Pablo Escobar's son atones for his father

Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar was gunned down in 1993. In an exclusive interview, his son tells Uki Goñi why he had to seek reconciliation with the children of Pablo's victims Juan Escobar was a teenager when he first...

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The great debate over national identity

It is a question worthy of a nation that prides itself on its philosophers, but the reasons why it was asked at all have merely deepened political and racial divisions It is a debate that has divided the country, cut through...

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Tea farmers struggle for survival in fields of gold

Soaring demand for food and land may not stop the world's rural communities from plunging deeper into poverty The villagers of Thatarber Manihatty in south India knew they had no choice but to mortgage their small plots of...

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China lower risk than UK for green investors, claims Deutsche Bank

Study condemning UK energy strategy set to embarrass government as it prepares to unveil new climate change initiative Britain's claim to be a world leader in green energy investment has been called into question by an...

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King to reveal pre-election forecasts as economists row over downturn

Analysts sharply divided over ONS data on economy Mervyn King will reveal the Bank of England's forecasts for the crucial pre-election period this week, amid a furious row among some of Britain's most prominent economists about...

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PM holds justice devolution talks

Martin McGuinness and Peter Robinson met the prime minister in London Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness have held talks with the prime minister and the secretary of state over the devolution of policing and justice. The...

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The fall of the wall: Red dusk was a rare bright spot in 20th century

The collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia's President Vladimir Putin famously once proclaimed, was "the biggest geopolitical catastrophe of the century". Putin was speaking as a former Soviet apparatchik, in language calculated...

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Tory Eurosceptics threaten 'all-out war' over Brussels

David Cameron has been given an 18-month deadline by a powerful band of Eurosceptic Tory MPs to renegotiate Britain's relationship with Brussels or face an "all-out war" for a referendum, it emerged yesterday.

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